West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice recently presented Dr. Elizabeth Scharman, professor emerita at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, with the 2024 Distinguished Mountaineer Award. This award is the highest honor the Governor can bestow upon a non-native West Virginian and was given to Scharman following 32 years of service to the West Virginia Poison Center.
Bringing together several generations of West Virginia University supporters, the WVU Alumni Association will celebrate a summer tradition during the 37th annual Boone County Alumni and Friends Pig Roast and Mountaineer Music Frolic on Saturday (July 13) in Boone County.
A West Virginia University-led effort is extending its reach to 11 Mountain State counties, providing more low-income pregnant women and families with children access to health care and life skills through the West Virginia Healthy Start/Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants — HAPI — project.
Harmful chemicals that don’t break down are present in public water systems nationwide, and West Virginia University economists have found that densely populated, higher income areas and those that use groundwater tend to have the highest contamination levels.
For a senior capstone course, one group of students in the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering focused on replacing the Scotts Run bridge on Lazzelle Union Road, while a second group worked on designing a replacement for the Fieldcrest Bridge that passes over West Run Road.
The West Virginia University College of Law continues to prepare graduates to provide legal services in communities throughout the state with 62% of graduates staying in West Virginia after graduation.
West Virginia University, including WVU Institute of Technology, Potomac State College, Extension offices and WVU Research Corp., will close Friday (July 5) following a declaration issued by Gov. Jim Justice proclaiming a state holiday.
West Virginia University Police issued a Campus Warning following reports of two burglaries Tuesday (July 2) — one at 633 North Spruce St. in a University-owned building and a separate, unconnected, off-campus incident nearby.
Three West Virginia University supporters with successful careers in investments and executive management — Erika Cramer, Christy Hayhurst Davis and Dave Gruver — were elected to the WVU Foundation Board of Directors at its annual meeting.
Guy Hornsby, assistant professor for Coaching and Performance Science in the West Virginia University College of Applied Human Sciences, has been named Educator of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Hornsby was one of seven recipients of the organization’s 2024 Peer Awards recognizing professionals for outstanding achievements in the field.